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BE IT RESOLVED by the Municipal Council of the Municipality of the
County of
Inverness that the following By-law be enacted as
follows:
BY-LAW 17
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
DEFINITIONS
Municipality - means the Municipality of the County of Inverness
Garbage - means all waste material of every nature and kind except
that described herein as unacceptable waste.
Unacceptable Waste - means all waste as described in Schedule "A"
hereto.
f';ar·baqe Disposal Site -
means one of the sites chosen by the
Hunicipa.l Council for the disposal of garbage within the County.
Garbage Disposal· Site Supervisor - means the person employed by the
Municipality to supervise a garbage disposal site.
Director of Public Works - means the Director of Public Works
appointed by the Municipality of the County of Inverness.
Persons - means a person or a corporation.
1.
(a) The Municipal Council of the Municipality of the County of
Inverness is hereby authorized to designate by resolution one
or more garbage disposal sites within the Municipality and to
establish and operate or permit the establishment and
operation, thereof, by a private contractor in accordance with
the terms of this By-Law.
(b)
If more than one garbage disposal site is established the
Municipal Council is authorized by resolution to designate a
portion of the County to be serviced by each site.
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No person shall dispose of any garbage at any other site
within the Municipality other than at one of the sites
· designated by the Municipal Council for disposal of garbage or
a site that has received a permit from the Minister of the
Environment or which is not required to obtain a permit in
accordance with Section 23 of the Environmental Protection
Act.
3.
Only persons permitted by the Municipal Council to collect
and transport garbage shall be allowed to dispose of garbage
at the Municipal garbage disposal site.
4.
Any resident shall be permitted to dispose of his/her own
garbage at the Municipal garbage disposal site for his/her
area, but in so doing shall comply with all provisions of
this By-Law and By-Law 16.
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5.
No person shall deposit garbage at any place within the
garbage disposal site other than within the excavation trench
prepared therefore, unless directed otherwise by the disposal
site supervisor.
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6.
All garbage when delivered to the Garbage Disposal site
shall be packaged or contained in such a manner that it will
not blow away or become scattered around the site upon being
dumped.
7.
If the garbage disposal site supervisor is of the opinion
that a load of garbage is not so packaged as to comply with
the preceding subsection he/she can refuse to permit the load
to be dumped at the site until the garbage is so packaged or
require such other conditions to be fulfilled as he/she feels
necessary to ensure that the garbage is not scattered around
L!1e site upon dumping, before allowing the load to be dumped.
8.
Any person who violates or continues to violate the
provisions of sections 6 and 7 of this By-Law may have his/her
privilege of delivering garbage to the garbage disposal site
suspended by the Director of Public Works until he/she
complies with these sections of the By-Law.
9.
Each garbage disposal site shall be open for use from
Monday to Saturday of each week with the exception of holidays
as Council by resolution directs and during such hours as
Council by re~olution directs.
10.
No person shall deposit at a Municipal garbage disposal
site, unacceptable waste without the written permission of
Council which shall be given only upon its considering it safe
that such waste be deposited there and sets out any special
conditions for its safe deposit and upon obtaining such
approvals or permits from other government departments or
regulatory agencies as it considers are required.
11.
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any
provisions of this By-Law shall be liable upon conviction to a
penalty of not less than One Hundred ($100) Dollars and not
1uore than One Thousand ($1000) Dollars for each offence, and
in default of payment to a period of imprisonment of not less
than Five (5) days and not more than Ninety (90) days.
SCHEDULE "A"
NON-ACCEPTABLE WASTES
This schedule forms part of By-Law 17, the Garbage Disposal By-Law
of the Municipality of the County of Inverness. The following
materials are non-acceptable wastes for the purposes of the Garbage
Disposal By-Law of the Municipality of the County of Inverness.
1. Explosives or highly combustible materials of any nature.
2. Radioactive materials.
3. Any corrosive or toxic materials, chemicals, or materials of
a carcinogenic nature.
4. Waste buildings materials except lumber less than twelve (12)
feet in length and other building materials specifically
authorized by the Director of Public Works.
5. Carcasses of any animals other than household pets.
6. Liquid wastes including leftover insecticides or other sprays
or paints or oils.
7. Any large metal items, including but not limited to entire
automobile bodies, entire truck bodies or storage tanks over
three hundred (300) gallon capacity.
8. Manure of any sort, including paunch manures.
9. Septic tank waste or debris from sanitary or storm sewer.
10. Hot ashes.·
11. Pieces of concrete or asphalt paving which are larger than
three (3) feet.
12. Tree stumps and trees having a diameter greater than ten (10)
inches and a length greater than four (4) feet.
13. Commercial and Industrial wastes may be in the form of
liquids, gels, shavings, turnings, powder, sheets, and
defectively manufactured products of all shapes and sizes.
These materials shall not be disposed of within the landfill
without being treated in the recommended manner for such
special wastes.
14. Biomedical wastes which encompass pathological and infectious
wastes, are normally disposed of by incineration or
alternatively these wastes shall not be disposed of within
the sanitary landfill unless first sterilized and clearly
identified.
15. Volatile and flammable wastes such as paints, dry cleaning
fluids, magnesium shavings, shall not be disposed off within
the Sanitary Landfill.
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16. Pesticide containers which are unwashed or which ·are
partially or completely full shall not be accepted or
disposed off at the Sanitary Landfill.
17. Radioactive or explosive material or any corrosive, toxic or
hazardous material shall not be accepted or disposed off
within the Sanitary Landfill.
Any Waste brought to the site which do not fit specifically
in any of these categories must be referred to the County
Engineer who will in turn contact the Nova Scotia Department
of the Environment for approval prior to their deposition.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the foregoing
bylaw is a true copy of a bylaw duly
passed at a duly called meeting of the
Municipal Council of the Municipality
of the County of Inverness duly held
on the 11th day of July A.O., 1994.
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